78 Guide

◎Kong Wei never had the trolley problem◎

"Impossible." Sun Yesuo's face suddenly changed. "Zeng An has no reason to kill her."

Zeng An was one of Kong Wei's first recruits, a leading researcher whose contributions were undeniable. With the experiment poised for success, her future was immeasurable. Even if she were recruited, what enormous benefit would it take to make her switch teams at this point?

Yan Xunzhi knew it was pointless to argue with her, so he quickly summarized, "I saw it in my memory. Zeng An thought the experiment would benefit the guides, but she didn't expect the opposite to happen. If the experiment succeeded, the guides' living space would inevitably be squeezed again. She rebelled."

After she finished speaking, she thought of Sang Wanyin.

The original intention is hard to predict, and the human heart is easily changed. Whether the dungeon is human or ghost, it really is just a matter of a moment.

Sun Yesuo's eyebrows were almost tied into a knot. He paused for half a second, wanted to say something, opened his mouth but nothing came out, and turned to leave.

Yan Xunzhi thought she didn't believe him, and got a little anxious. He suddenly stood up and grabbed her, "This is what I saw! If you don't believe me, why did you ask me to come back and connect with Kong Wei?"

She was weak and stood up too quickly. When I caught her, I felt dizzy and nauseous and wanted to vomit.

Sun Yesuo said solemnly, "I believe you. Zeng An is receiving treatment in the South Third District. I'll have someone strengthen supervision."

Sun Yesuo left, and Yan Xunzhi still used a machine to connect Kong Wei's mental power, which was limited in length and could not move around.

Kong Wei's mental power existed in her vision. The rabbit was seriously injured and almost plundered her mental power. Even though Yan Xunzhi had transformed and her mental power had increased several times, these three or two trips were enough to torment her. Moreover, Kong Wei was most likely not a normal person. She was mentally overdrawn and a little sleepy.

The researcher came over with a tube of medicine. Yan Xunzhi watched her mouth opening and closing, and it took her a long time to process it. She probably had something good for the spirit in her hand.

Yan Xunzhi hummed and stretched out his arm, "Go ahead and hit me."

The invading spirit was too strong, and as she drifted between sleep and wakefulness, her dream had become Kong Wei's memory.

When he was a student in Baita, the thing Yan Xunzhi avoided most was sparring with Kong Wei.

It sounds a bit ridiculous that a sentinel who has split into different directions is afraid of the guide in actual combat. The fact is that Kong Wei's ability in close combat is definitely far superior to most of the sentinels in the dungeon. He is decisive, powerful, clean and efficient, and every blow is fatal.

So on the ground, even though Zeng An was besieging her with three or four people, Kong Wei still smashed their exoskeletons and helmets with sparks flying, and without hesitation broke the neck of the researcher who had been with her for many years.

Unfortunately, two fists were no match for four hands, and she was finally pinned to the ground, and with a click, her exoskeleton was removed.

With both shoulders stuck, Zeng An smashed her knees, and her body was completely unable to move. She finally lay flat, looking at her expressionlessly, "Am I not good to you?"

"Okay." Zeng An nodded. "No one treats me better or appreciates me more than you."

Kong Wei's gaze dropped slightly, the meaning of which was self-evident. Zeng Anha laughed, "But Officer Kong, you forgot that you have ambitions—"

"I have, too."

"Why do you think I joined your experiment? Do you think it's because you approached me early, or because your experiment is unique? No," she said. "Because you're the guide."

"So many people doing experiments are Sentinels. They're bound to fight for greater benefits for themselves. Over time, the power of speech has been lost to the Sentinels. Among the powerful leaders in the Federation right now, how many are Sentinels and how many are Guides?" Zeng Anshen looked at her. "I don't need your appreciation. I've always known that I'm very capable. When I graduate, I have plenty of choices, but I still choose you."

"Because I thought you would favor the guides. After all, you're a guide too, and you're ambitious. It's only natural for you to fight for your own interests. But then I discovered..." She laughed, "You're even more ruthless than them. You want to eliminate our group of guides."

"You evolved yourself, stepping on our corpses. What about us? Do we deserve to die?"

Kong Wei calmly replied, "You are a researcher, and you should know best that by the end of this experiment, there will be no more separation."

"But that was the last!"

Zeng An exerted force suddenly, pressing the broken mechanical fragment into her lower abdomen. Kong Wei twitched reflexively and heard her say, "Officer Kong, you grew up in the central white tower under everyone's attention. Have you never looked down?"

She asked, "Have you never been discriminated against or treated unfairly?"

Two seconds. Kong Wei sneered, "Who said that?"

"Discrimination. How much discrimination I have suffered."

If she weren't a guide, she wouldn't have been isolated and helpless at headquarters, wouldn't have stayed at the command center for so long without anyone trying to win her over, to bring her into the core and build a faction. She was the only guide among the six levels of the Three Generals, yet everyone was only interested in how to sideline her and kick her out.

But if she wasn't a guide, she might have been feared and abandoned by the Federation much earlier. Because she was a guide, they didn't take her seriously.

"But so what."

She still became her target.

She had eliminated countless people both above and below ground, most of whom were sentries. In terms of physical fitness, they should be far superior to her.

But so what.

Kong Wei raised his head, his face pale and blue from the pain of hypothermia, his eye sockets sunken, yet his face looked sharp and pointed. "Sentinels are essentially human, but they have developed in different directions. You say that collective training of Sentinels leads to uneven distribution, but it's better to say that the Guides are too weak and are naturally eliminated."

She is just like the Federation and this world, where the strong prey on the weak.

The wound stretched, and Kong Wei tried not to add any ups and downs, and spoke slowly, "You want to develop a guide, but you know the direction of alienation of this experiment better than I do."

Emphasis on characteristics, enhanced spirit, and extreme alienation.

Therefore, the Sentinels are becoming more and more like Guides, and the Guides are becoming more and more spiritual. Most Guides cannot meet these spiritual requirements and eventually become Sentinels, which will inevitably lead to a decrease in the number of Guides and an increase in the general ability of Sentinels.

This is the inevitable part of this experiment, a transitional period where the status of generations of guides has steadily declined.

Zeng An's fingers clenched unconsciously.

Kong Wei was strangled and had difficulty breathing. She was forced to raise her head, her chest heaving violently. Her face was flushed, but she remained calm and smiled almost mockingly, "Kill me, and the guide will be alright."

"Innate differences and natural guidance. As long as humans survive in the underground city, you will never be able to fight for this right."

A moment of suffocation.

When he opened his eyes, Yan Xunzhi suddenly felt refreshed, breathing heavily, and breaking out in a cold sweat, as if the person who had just been strangled was not Kong Wei in his dream, but the real her.

The researchers had long noticed her abnormality and guessed it was due to the influence of her mental power. They had already gathered around her, closely monitoring her movements. Seeing Yan Xunzhi wake up, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

After recovering, Comrade Yan Xiao looked around. Being surrounded by so many eyes, he felt a little uncomfortable. He coughed twice and said, "I'm fine... I had a little mental backlash, but it's okay. You guys should do what you need to do, and leave me alone. I'm fine, really!"

She lay back flat on her back, and under everyone's scorching gazes, stretched her legs straighter than a board.

The researcher diligently checked her body, confirmed that there was no problem, and then dispersed, returning to their respective duties.

Yan Xunzhi lay on the chair for a while, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Kong Wei beside him.

Life underground was always uncertain, but she had never imagined that Kong Wei would face such a fate. She hated herself for being so humble, but also feared that one day... she would not even have the chance to regret.

Yan Xunzhi took a deep breath.

The nightmare just now made her suddenly remember how she made that painful transfer when she lived in Ningyue.

At that time, she was sad and hated Kong Wei for ignoring her and treating her as a substitute. To her, his love was nothing more than the scattered fragments of Yan Xunzhi's previous life, but she found it difficult to let go and wanted to move forward.

Ning Yue patted her head and made a snapping gesture, "Kong Wei is too tough. You can't love her."

"She loves you, yes, and you are a special case, that's also true. But you have to know that she is 100% ruthless to others, so the love she has for you is also love, and it is a special case, but that love only accounts for one percent of her 100% choice."

Ning Yue said, "If you love her, you have to accept that she only loves you one point, and the hardest thing to accept is that she actually loves you one point."

"This one point is so special, it's a special case out of ninety-nine, it's unique in this world. But no matter how unique it is, it's just one point, just one point, no more."

Nothing is more entangled than this.

It's not that she doesn't love him, it's that she loves him too little. But that is everything to her, and she is the only special case among millions of people.

If I want it, I feel it is too little. If I don’t want it, I can’t bear to throw it away.

Even if it was Pu Sui, who had a chance to start over, because she had once been alienated on the ground and entered the experiment. Yan Xunzhi thought that in her previous life, she was a sentinel who grew up with her and died in front of her. No matter what, in this life, Kong Wei would at least do his best to protect her...

Turns out not.

No.

The experiment failed, and Kong Wei said lightly, "Get rid of it."

"She's too high-ranking and has a close relationship with me. The Federation will be suspicious. We need to hurry and avoid being targeted."

At that moment, Yan Xunzhi suddenly realized that in Kong Wei's eyes, there had never been a trolley problem.

Because that choice was so insignificant. Experimental death, gender oppression, and sacrifice were all insignificant compared to the distant destination. Even the Federation would choose between preserving the collective and the individual, and she did not hesitate.

The train never stops, roaring over tracks made of flesh and blood.

She was at the front of the car, only guiding the final direction.

Even if he overwhelmed her, Kong Wei's strongest emotion was probably just regret.

All the specialness and kindness she showed her were just efforts to teach her the ability to break free from the ropes and run off the tracks. If she could run away, the train might still take her on a ride; if she couldn't, then forget it.

Just die, there is no need.

It was precisely because she could relate to it so clearly in her memory that she felt even more frightened.

There is always some kindness in the human nature of millions of people, but the underlying tone of her character is completely indifferent, contemptuous, and cruel.

In Kong Wei's eyes, the world is nothing more than a one-shot game to be played. The plot doesn't matter, the people don't matter, and she doesn't matter either; they are all just data in this game.

Even passing the level wasn't important, she was just aiming for it.

What is even more terrifying than this is——

Yan Xunzhi, who witnessed all this, actually understood for a moment.

Cold-blooded. She almost regretted her momentary understanding.

Jumping out of the car to teach her how to break free from the rope was a one in a million chance, but it was also the only bit of love in her ninety-nine percent.

If you love Kong Wei, you have to endure it.

Endure the envy of the glamorous appearance outside, but turn around and it will be as empty as a mirage.

Tolerate her loving you but not loving you at all.

Enduring this life is bound to cost you money, but with little reward.

Such a person cannot be loved. As Ning Yue said, he is too hard to be loved.

She could only look up, because, without asking for anything in return, that little bit of love seemed like such a special reward. When she became one of millions, that little bit of love no longer seemed so pitiful; among so many people, it seemed so special and glorious that it fell only on her.

Yan Xunzhi closed his eyes.

Wet. She exhaled slowly twice, calming her pounding heart.

【Author’s words】

Pickled fish: I can’t control it, no, I’m not interested!